Blue Cliff Record

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Chan Buddhist koan collection Chinese Buddhist classic Zen Buddhist text koan anthology

The Blue Cliff Record is a classic 11th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan anthology, widely studied for its profound teachings and influential commentaries on enlightenment.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Blue Cliff Record canonical 5
Blue Cliff Anthology 1
Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chan Buddhist koan collection ⓘ
Chinese Buddhist classic ⓘ
Zen Buddhist text ⓘ
koan anthology ⓘ
basedOn Xuetou Chongxian’s one-hundred koan collection ⓘ
centuryOfCompilation 11th century ⓘ
commentaryBy Yuanwu Keqin ⓘ
compiledBy Yuanwu Keqin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
era Song dynasty ⓘ
genre gong’an collection ⓘ
koan collection ⓘ
hasAlternativeEnglishTitle Blue Cliff Record self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Blue Cliff Anthology
hasEnglishTitle Blue Cliff Record self-link ⓘ
hasForm collection of one hundred koan cases with commentaries ⓘ
importanceInZen major classic of koan literature ⓘ
includes appended verses ⓘ
interlinear comments ⓘ
introductory remarks to each case ⓘ
prose commentaries ⓘ
influenced Rinzai ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Rinzai Zen

Korean Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Korean Seon Buddhism

modern Zen koan study ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
notableCommentator Yuanwu Keqin ⓘ
numberOfCases 100 ⓘ
originalCasesSelectedBy Xuedou Chongxian ⓘ
surface form: Xuetou Chongxian
placeOfOrigin Song dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Song dynasty China
relatedWork Book of Serenity ⓘ
surface form: Book of Equanimity

The Record of Linji ⓘ
surface form: Record of Linji

Gateless Gate ⓘ
surface form: The Gateless Gate
religion Buddhism ⓘ
school Linji lineage ⓘ
surface form: Linji school of Chan
studiedBy Zen practitioners worldwide ⓘ
studiedFor its profound teachings on enlightenment ⓘ
subjectMatter Buddhist practice ⓘ
enlightenment ⓘ
nature of mind ⓘ
non-duality ⓘ
titleInChinese 碧巖錄 ⓘ
titleInChineseSimplified Blue Cliff Record self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 碧岩录
titleInChineseTraditional Blue Cliff Record self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 碧巖錄
tradition Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
transliteration Bìyán Lù ⓘ
usedFor koan training ⓘ
meditative contemplation ⓘ
usedIn Zen monastic education ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Buddhism → textualCollection → Blue Cliff Record ⓘ
Yunmen Wenyan → associatedWith → Blue Cliff Record ⓘ
Blue Cliff Record → titleInChineseTraditional → Blue Cliff Record self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 碧巖錄
Blue Cliff Record → titleInChineseSimplified → Blue Cliff Record self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 碧岩录
Blue Cliff Record → hasEnglishTitle → Blue Cliff Record self-link ⓘ
Blue Cliff Record → hasAlternativeEnglishTitle → Blue Cliff Record self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blue Cliff Anthology
Gateless Gate → hasNotableKoan → Blue Cliff Record ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bodhidharma’s Vast Emptiness
Book of Serenity → isRelatedWork → Blue Cliff Record ⓘ
Zhaozhou Congshen → appearsIn → Blue Cliff Record ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blue Cliff Record
Zen koans → compiledIn → Blue Cliff Record ⓘ